Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it " in BNC.

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1 I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team .
2 Despite press speculation that GM might be offered a modified deal on Land Rover ( 49 per cent of the shares ) , the government eventually made it clear to GM that Land Rover was not part of the Leyland Vehicles deal , and as a result GM withdrew its offer .
3 We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau .
4 But he survived his brush with death and eventually made it back to an English hospital .
5 Implicit within the ruling was the concept that once an abortion restriction had been upheld in one state , other states could implement it , an interpretation which effectively made it more difficult to challenge the imposition by individual states of restrictions as long as they were within the guidelines established by the Court 's ruling in June 1992 on Roe v. Wade [ see p. 38954 ] .
6 Ormanroyd wins the header Speedy flicks it on again and Chettle er Chettle rather got it away as Jochim came in on him .
7 All were of the highest technical calibre and all displayed an extraordinary range of exuberant and exotic motifs , For a few years , until Justinian effectively eclipsed it by his construction of the church of St Sophia in 532–537 , st Polyeuktos was evidently the largest and most sumptuous church in Istanbul ( Constantinople ) .
8 If you wished to borrow such things you instinctively made it clear that you intended no blasphemy .
9 It was very warm for Kirkistown and I lost concentration half way through , but luckily got it back together before the end . ’
10 It was very warm for Kirkistown and I lost concentration half way through , but luckily got it back together before the end . ’
11 Boon duly got it next day and took his average to a Bradmanesque 86 .
12 ( Sweet ale drinkers vigorously attacked it as that pernicious and wicked weed ) .
13 Right got it .
14 Originally six absconded from a local farm and successfully made it to the mill in a lorry chassis , however they had dwindled to a single cockerel .
15 RCA was initially keen to release ‘ Davni Chasy ’ from the Ukrainian LP but eventually agreed it would be a mistake for the band 's début single on a major label .
16 He pulled the syringe out , and weakly flung it away .
17 However , he eventually sold it , and replaced it with another model .
18 We eventually sold it in 1972 for £35 and bought an ancient wood-trimmed Morris Traveller , but no car as been as dear to us as Curtis .
19 ‘ That meeting with Ken and his decision to make Ken 's part big made it a sort of broken-back type of play .
20 ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew .
21 TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake .
22 If properly used it could improve the quality of life by a considerable degree .
23 I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’
24 Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out .
25 According to the family he rarely used it except on Sundays when he spent the afternoon and evening with an old chap who used to work for the firm and now lives in sheltered accommodation at Carbis Bay .
26 Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’
27 Then Wim went off and tagged IBM and when IBM and HP agreed to support a common position Sun eventually found it could n't resist , especially with Novell nudging it on .
28 We eventually found it on a road off the A35 east of Bridport .
29 Although the lack of signposts made it difficult to locate the road to Rennes-le-Chateau , I eventually found it and trudged the 4.7km to the village .
30 The word ‘ Hecketypecky ’ passed between them , and when I eventually found it — the Rio Jequetepeque — I could hardly believe the spelling .
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